Andhra’s representation goes up further in union ministry
byHyderabad, June 17 (IANS) The induction of two Congress leaders from Andhra Pradesh in the union ministry Monday has increased the southern state’s representation…
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E.M.S.Natchiappan: A Congress loyalist who once bested Chidambaram (Profile)
byChennai, June 17 (IANS) A veteran Congress loyalist, E.M.Sudarsana Natchiappan, the new union minister of state for commerce and industry, had once humbled present…
Mamata asks why another union cabinet reshuffle
byKolkata, June 17 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday questioned “yet another” cabinet reshuffle of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at…
Will be happy to see Rahul as PM, says Manmohan Singh
byNew Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday expressed his readiness to make way for Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and hoped…
J.D. Seelam: From IAS officer to union minister (Profile)
byHyderabad, June 17 (IANS) J.D. Seelam, who was Monday inducted in the union council of ministers as minister of state, is a former Indian…
Mamata shouts at Barasat anti-rape protestors (Roundup)
byKolkata, June 17 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s belated bid to soothe the family of a murdered gang-rape victim in North 24…
Left seeks governor’s intervention in Bengal’s worsening law and order
byKolkata, June 17 (IANS) Accusing the Trinamool Congress government of inaction in tackling the “deteriorating” law and order situation ahead of the panchayat polls…
Almost all new ministers 65-plus
byNew Delhi, June 17 (IANS) A day after the Congress touted its most youthful team of office bearers with an average age of 52…
MEA apathetic to Lankan attacks on fishermen: Jayalalithaa
byChennai, June 17 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Monday charged the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) of maintaining an “apathetic silence” on…
Reshuffle lame exercise: BJP
byNew Delhi, June 17 (IANS) The opposition BJP Monday called the Congress’ cabinet reshuffle a “lame exercise” and said that it would fail to…